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Item market purchases have inconsistent shapes

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Thread created on 19:00:37 - 01/05/24 (1 year ago)

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Last replied 05:22:45 - 06/05/24 (1 year ago)

Hi,

Apologies if I have missed a discussion or notification of this I did look but I couldn't find anything.

I'm working on a utility that utilises the Torn API. I'm using the following URL to fetch all Item Market buys:

https://api.torn.com/user/?selections=log&log=1103&key=XXX

Upon parsing the response, I saw I had some missing data and on looking into it further this is due to the `.data` being an inconsistent shape. It's either an object containing a child array containing a single element OR just a single object containing the relevant data.

I can't think of or see any reason why this happens, and I'm more than happy to admit that I may've missed an announcement or post about this. I've worked around it but just wanted to see if this is intentional or not - however having a consistent shape would be the norm.

Thank you.
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Posted on 19:04:40 - 01/05/24 (1 year ago)
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Welcome to the Torn API. Enjoy adding value and type checks to everything.
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Posted on 19:04:45 - 01/05/24 (1 year ago)
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You should probably have this moved or repost in B&I. Posts here get rarely checked by staff, if at all.
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Posted on 19:08:35 - 01/05/24 (1 year ago)
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I've quickly come accustomed to not taking it for granted that things will be as I'm used to, so yeah type checks are a must however I wasn't expecting to have to check if a property is an array or not.

I did think about posting this into B&I however it seemed more fitting for here. I'll leave it for today and move it tomorrow if there's still no response.
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Posted on 05:22:45 - 06/05/24 (1 year ago)
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There was already a response from Ched. It's to be expected under the current market system but may change with the upcoming one.

https://www.torn.com/forums.php#/p=threads&f=19&t=16396720&b=0&a=0